Agenda and minutes

Heatons & Reddish Area Committee - Monday, 16th April, 2012 6.00 pm

Contact: Democratic Services 

Items
No. Item

1.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 43 KB

To approve as a correct record and sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 26 March 2012.

Minutes:

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 26 March 2012 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair subject to the following addition/amendment:-

 

·         Minute 4 (iv) (b) - the addition of “inadequate road markings at the Lancashire Hill roundabout.”

 

·         Minute 5 – the deletion of Tatton Road South and its replacement with Tatton Road North.

 

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

Councillors and officers to declare any interests which they have in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

Minutes:

The following interests were declared:-

 

Personal Interest

 

Councillor

Interest

 

Walter Brett

Tom Mcgee

Anthony O’Neill

 

Plan no. 49043 - provision of three classrooms, new group room and WC extension and reworking of external play spaces at Norris Bank Primary School, as they had previously been members of the governing body of Norris Bank Primary School and an objector was known to them.

 

Personal & Prejudicial Interest

 

Councillor

Interest

 

Colin Foster

 

Plan no. 49043 - provision of three classrooms, new group room and WC extension and reworking of external play spaces at Norris Bank Primary School, as a member of the governing body of Norris Bank Primary School. Councillor Foster left the meeting and took no part in the discussion or vote on this item.

 

3.

Urgent Decisions

To report any urgent action taken under the Constitution since the last meeting of the Committee.

Minutes:

No urgent decisions were reported.

Councillor Walter Brett in the Chair

4.

Development Applications pdf icon PDF 4 MB

The following development application will be considered by the Area Committee:-

 

DC049043     Norris Bank Primary School, Green Lane, Heaton Norris

 

Provision of three classrooms, new group room and WC extension and reworking of external play spaces.

 

The Area Committee is recommended to grant planning permission.

 

(a)

To consider the development applications where members of the public have attended the meeting in order to speak or hear the Area Committee’s deliberations.

 

(b)

To consider the remaining development applications.

 

(c)

To consider consultations (if any) received by the Service Director (Place Development) on any planning issues relevant to the Heatons & Reddish area.

 

Minutes:

A development application was submitted.

 

(NOTE: Full details of the decisions including conditions and reasons for granting or refusing planning permission and imposing conditions are given in the schedule of plans. The Corporate Director of Place is authorised to determine conditions and reasons and they are not therefore referred to in committee minutes unless the committee makes a specific decision on a condition or reason. In order to reduce printing costs and preserve natural resources, the schedule of plans is not reproduced within these minutes. A copy of the schedule of plans is available on the council’s website at www.stockport.gov.uk/planningdecisions. Copies of the schedule of plans, or any part thereof, may be obtained from the Place Directorate upon payment of the Council’s reasonable charges)

 

In respect to plan no. 49043 for provision of three classrooms, new group room and WC extension and reworking of external play space at Norris Bank Primary School, Green Lane, Heaton Norris,

 

a member of the public spoke against the application and the applicant spoke in support of the application,

 

it was then

 

RESOLVED – That the Area Committee supports the application in principle but that the Service Director (Place Management) in consultation with the Chair be authorised to determine the application following further discussions with the applicant in respect to the proposed design and siting of the development and the addition of conditions relating to lighting and a travel plan.

5.

Councillors Anne Graham and Les Jones

Minutes:

The Chair reminded the Area Committee that Councillors Anne Graham and Les Jones would not be standing for re-election at the Local Government elections in May 2012 and on behalf of the Area Committee, the Chair requested the Democratic Services Manager to write to Councillors Anne Graham and Les Jones in order to thank them for the valuable contribution they had made and for their hard work and dedication as members of Heatons & Reddish Area Committee.